#australia Archive
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August 20, 2019The poster child for extinction in Australia, the thylacine was declared extinct in 1982, 50 years after the last known specimen died in a Hobart zoo. […]
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August 12, 2019In the centre of Melbourne, Vic, lies a large bluestone building complex out of time with its surrounds. Some people know the place as the Royal […]
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August 4, 2019In the centre of Melbourne, Vic, lies a large bluestone building complex out of time with its surrounds. Some people know the place as the Royal […]
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July 28, 2019Just off the well-beaten track of eastern central Queensland lies the remains of an old highway, one that stretches from the towns of Mackay to Rockhampton. […]
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July 15, 2019In the north of Queensland, there is a body of water haunted by a pack of demons. When they rise, during the early hours of the […]
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July 8, 2019In early 2000, while the country was still reeling from the horrific acts of the Bodies in the Barrels (episode 9), another crime hit the headlines […]
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June 24, 2019During the 1880s-1970s, aboriginal children all over Australia were taken from their families, their communities and their culture by officials just doing their jobs. The devastation that these "Stolen Generations" placed upon the Australian Aboriginal community is damage that was only surpassed by the massacres that took place as the Europeans made their way out of Sydney Cove. Join Holly and Matthew as they examine the legislation and the reasoning that made this dark part of Australia's history a slice that every Australian recognises.
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June 11, 2019Picnic at Hanging Rock has become so much a part of Australian lore that few people realise it was a book before it was a movie. […]
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May 20, 2019In 1994, fishermen along the Hawkescury river north of Sydney were trawling for squid. Net snags are not unusual in the industry, especially when trawling rivers. […]
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May 13, 2019In 1979, on an early June evening, a family and a group of school children attended Sydney’s Luna Park, seeking to enjoy the fun atmosphere of […]
